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Kim Bendixen, facing, is embraced by a friend as the toll of the day wears on as homeowners dig out what they can in Washington, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, after more than 1,000 homes were devastated by a F4 tornado that passed through Sunday. Kim said that her father was rescued out of the rubble, and was doing better. The twister was the most powerful to hit Illinois since 1885 with wind speeds greater than 200 mph. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )

Ryan Bernius, right, laughs as he recovers two two Caterpillar toys amid the rubble as homeowners dig out what they can Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Washington, Ill., after more than 1,000 homes were devastated by a F4 tornado that passed through Sunday. The twister was the most powerful to hit Illinois since 1885 with wind speeds greater than 200 mph. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( ADDITION Severe Weather )

Homeowners and helpers dig out what they can from a mountain of debris in Washington, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 after more than 1,000 homes were devastated by an F4 tornado that passed through Sunday. The twister was the most powerful to hit Illinois since 1885 with wind speeds greater than 200 mph. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )

Matt Brandmeyer of Bartelso carries plywood used to repair the damaged St. John's Lutheran Church Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in New Minden, Ill. (AP Photo/ Belleville News-Democrat,Steve Nagy) ( Severe Weather Recovery )

Steve Look, reflected in a mirror at left, hauls items out of Louis and Mabel Look's destroyed house in Pekin, Ill. on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado hit the area. Louis and his wife Mabel were in their kitchen when the tornado hit, tearing off the roof and flinging a utility pole in its place. Even though the roof was blown off and the chimney blocks to the fireplace collapsed inside the house, none of these Biblical figurines were disturbed by the storm. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

Amy Tippin is comforted while talking about running to a nearby creek to escape the tornado with her two sons while fleeing from her mobile home (which was destroyed) Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, when the storm hit. Tippin lives on the property a few feet from the destroyed home of her deceased grandmother Frances Hoy and great uncle Joesph Hoy. (AP Photo/ Belleville News-Democrat,Steve Nagy) ( Severe Weather Recovery )

Residents comb through the wreckage of their storm-damaged homes on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, south of Jalapa, Ind. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that at least 26 tornadoes touched down Sunday in Indiana, making it the second-biggest tornado outbreak in state history. Meteorologist John Kwiatkowski said the state's most active tornado day was June 2, 1990, when 33 tornadoes touched down. (AP Photo/The Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead) ( Severe Weather Indiana )

A piano lays battered as homeowners dig out what they can Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Washington, Ill., after more than 1,000 homes were devastated by a F4 tornado that passed through Sunday. The twister was the most powerful to hit Illinois since 1885 with wind speeds greater than 200 mph. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

Becky Holthe, along with her daughter Paige, right, is thankful to have found her father, or the urn containing his ashes in the rubble of their destroyed home in Washington. Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Paige said that family photos, including her grandfathers obituary was found near Midway Airport. Homeowners dug out what they could Tuesday after more than 1,000 homes were devastated by a F4 tornado that passed through Sunday. The twister was the most powerful to hit Illinois since 1885 with wind speeds greater than 200 mph. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

A man walks through what is left of a neighborhood in Washington, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado ripped through the central Illinois town. The tornado cut a path about an eighth of a mile wide from one side of Washington to the other and damaged or destroyed as many as 500 homes. (AP Photo/Armando Sanchez) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )

Dave Look hauls items out of the destroyed home of his grandparents, Louis and Mabel Look, in Pekin, Ill. on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado hit the area. Louis and Mabel were in their kitchen when the tornado hit, tearing off the roof and flinging a utility pole in its place. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

Approximately 80 people gather at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gifford, Ill., to pray for one another and offer thanks a day after a tornado swept across the community, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The Hesterbergs, parents Chad, second right, and Amanda, left, with son Bowen, 7, between them, and daughter Korinn, 4, bottom left, live about a mile out of town, and the tornado missed their property. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz) ( Severe Weather )

Ray Baughman embraces family shortly after his home was destroyed by a tornado that left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

Rescuers pull an injured resident from a demolished house after a tornado destroyed parts of Washington, Ill., Sunday, nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Journal Star, David Zalaznik) ( Severe Weather )

Pat Whitaker, 82, sits under a blanket in her nightgown outside her home waiting for help to come in Gifford, Ill. on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz) ( Severe Weather )

A tree was pulled out of the ground by the roots, collapsing onto a house after a tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il.,Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

A man takes a photo of a damaged building along Washington Road in the aftermath of a tornado on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. A fast-moving storm system that produced several tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest left behind a path of destruction in 12 states. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450363993 )

Tornado damaged homes are seen on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. According to reports the tonado that ripped across Washington, Illinois has been preliminary classified as an EF-4. A fast-moving storm system that spawned multiple tornadoes which touched down across the Midwest, leaving behind a path of destruction in 12 states and killing at least five. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450380743 )

Tornado damaged homes are seen on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. According to reports the tonado that ripped across Washington, Illinois has been preliminary classified as an EF-4. A fast-moving storm system that spawned multiple tornadoes which touched down across the Midwest, leaving behind a path of destruction in 12 states and killing at least five. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450380549 )

Tornado damaged homes are seen on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. According to reports the tonado that ripped across Washington, Illinois has been preliminary classified as an EF-4. A fast-moving storm system that spawned multiple tornadoes which touched down across the Midwest, leaving behind a path of destruction in 12 states and killing at least five. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450380781 )

Tornado damaged homes are seen on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. According to reports the tonado that ripped across Washington, Illinois has been preliminary classified as an EF-4. A fast-moving storm system that spawned multiple tornadoes which touched down across the Midwest, leaving behind a path of destruction in 12 states and killing at least five. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450380763 )

Damaged buildings along Washington Road in the aftermath of a tornado on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. A fast-moving storm system that produced several tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest left behind a path of destruction in 12 states. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450364037 )

Debris lies on the ground in Brookport, Ill., Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, after a tornado moved through the area. An unusually large and strong late-season storm system ripped through several states across the Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes and tearing through homes and overturning cars along its path. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee) ( Severe Weather Illinois )

In a photo provided by Dodge County Emergency Management, a cattle shed on a family farm in the Town of Hustisford, Wis., is damaged Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, after severe weather moved through the area. Dodge County Emergency Management Director Joseph Meagher says no cattle were injured. (AP Photo/Dodge County Emergency Management, Joseph Meagher) ( Severe Weather WI )

Water shoots from broken pipes after part of a wall and roof collapsed in high winds at the Dollar General distribution center at Ind. 18 and Grant County Road 600 East east of Marion, Ind., on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead) ( Severe Weather-Indiana )

Damaged buildings along Washington Road in the aftermath of a tornado on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. A fast-moving storm system that produced several tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest left behind a path of destruction in 12 states. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450364061 )

A firefighter searches through debris after a tornado struck on November 17, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. Several tornadoes touched down across the Midwest today with at least three people reported dead in Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450277549 )

Firefighters battle a rubbish fire in the aftermath of a tornado on November 18, 2013 in Washington, Illinois. A fast-moving storm system that produced several tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest left behind a path of destruction in 12 states. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) ( 450404211 )

New Minden, Ill., residents burn storm debris from a home destroyed in Sunday's tornado on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ( Severe Weather )

Eric Crawford, 28, waited for the storm to pass and a rainbow to appear before checking on his mail in rural Orchard Farm on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in St. Charles County. Corn husks were flying through the air in the high winds. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes) ( Severe Weather )

Firefighters look over damage to trailers at Summit Village east of Marion, Ind., after storms blew through Marion and Grant County on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead) ( Severe Weather-Indiana )

Chuck Phillips looks out at the destruction that tore off part of his roof and left houses around him destroyed after a tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il.,Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

A Washington homeowner moves debris next to a set of stairs that once lead to the second floor of his home in Washington, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley) ( Severe Weather )

Washington, Ill., firefighters stand in the middle of Devonshire Street on the North side of Washington, Ill., after a tornado leveled at least fifty homes, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. High winds that followed the tornado are causing danger as homeowners and emergency workers try to search homes. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather IL )

Demolished homes and vehicles in the Devonshire Subdivision in Washington, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley) ( APROPIX Severe Weather )

Josh Ramsey recovers items from a house of a family friend after a tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Ill., hitting right about noon Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) ( Severe Weather )

A mattress is wrapped around a stripped tree in Washington, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley) ( Severe Weather )

A view of part of Washington, Ill. is seen Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 after a tornado moved through the area. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter and even prompting officials at Soldier Field in Chicago to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game. (AP Photo/Alex Kareotes) ( Severe Weather IL )

Allen Rawlins picks through the debris of his parents home, which was destroyed by a tornado, in Kokomo, Ind., Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees. (AP Photo/AJ Mast) ( Severe Weather )

A Washington firefighter peers into the home of a fellow firefighter whose home was destroyed when a tornado swept through Washington, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Journal Star, David Zalaznik) ( Severe Weather )

East Peoria resident Billy Vestal evacuates with his daughter, Lillian Vestal, 3, after a tornado damaged the area near Chestnut Road in East Peoria, Il.,Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Justin Wan) ( Severe Weather )

Linda Agne looks over the damage where her former father-in-law Joseph Hoy and his sister Frances Hoy were killed Sunday on their farm outside New Minden, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ( Severe Weather )

Rochelle Scott, right, hugs Eunice Hausler while helping her recover her belongings in New Minden, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ( Severe Weather )

Eunice Hausler finds an empty nail to hang a bible verse while working inside the remains of her New Minden, Ill., home on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ( Severe Weather )